California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags in 2014. The ban went to California residents ...

A new law is closing what some officials have called a loophole in California’s plastic bag ban. Senate Bill 1053 was passed ...

Four teen girls from Ghaziabad turned a lunch-break idea into Pahal, a student-led startup and movement taking on plastic ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste — and why do single-use items ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California enters the New Year facing an $18 billion budget deficit, a slow-as-molasses rebuilding from ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

New state laws taking effect in 2026 covers everything from wages and workplace protections to data privacy and firing squads.

It’s out with the plastic and in with the paper this year in Montgomery County, Maryland. A new plastic bag ban took effect ...

The latest Irish Business Against Litter survey reveals coffee cups stand as Ireland's biggest litter problem - and many ...

New Year’s Day — Thursday, Jan. 1 — marks the start of a new year and a new set of California laws. A wave of new California ...

Several popular grated cheese products have been recalled after Listeria was detected. The FDA classified the recall as Class ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over ...